Streets Collection (page 11)

Corner of King and Yonge Streets, Toronto, Canada, circa 1900. Date: circa 1900

Local businesses were on protest against the increase charges of the Metropolitan Water Board on their registered meter. Photograph showing London City workers drawing water from the free Aldgate

Front cover illustration of a period scene showing a man bowing to greet two ladies

Cheapside Cross as it appeared in 1547, depicted here on the occasion of the Coronation of Edward VI. Date: 20th February 1547

Disruption in Piccadilly, London, with crowds of people watching work being done on part of the main road. Date: 1927

School - the pictorial traffic sign which replaced a former torch sign, warning motorists to be aware that schoolchildren might be crossing the road. Date: 1930s

The way to Margery! A funny signpost at Reigate Hill, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s

A curious signpost for a village called Egypt, in the heart of Buckinghamshire, England! Date: 1950s

A curious column milestone which bears the inscription (in Latin) : From the city 30 miles, From the University 22 miles, From the County Town, 15 miles. West Wickham, Bucks Date: 1930s

An old milestone in the main street of Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, which bears a unique lamp standard (now removed). Date: 1930s

One of the sixteen famous milestones erected by Dr. Warren, Vicemaster of Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Only four survive, dating from 1728 to 1732. Date: erected 1728 - 1732

A fine pattern study of granite cobbled stone sets on an unspecified British sea front. Date: 1950s

Wades Causeway, the popular name for a Roman Road on Wheeldale Moor, near Goathland, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s

Icknield Street, a Roman Road, said to have run from Derby to Bourton-on-the-Water, where it joined the Foss Way. Date: 1930s

The Roman road between Bettws- y-Coed and Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales, known as Sarn Helen ( The Causeway of the Legion ), seen here under Mynyd Cribau. Date: 1950s

Elaborate wrought iron signposts at Gateacre, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

The governor of Kanagawa and his suite ride through the streets : people he happens to pass squat down and bow as he trots by. Date: 1864

A characteristic narrow street in Aydin, western Turkey. Date: 1890s

Deep shadows in Cheapside, City of London. Date: circa 1900

The French enter Naples and fights the rebellious populace in the streets. Date: January 1799

A young Turkish man selling sweets and cakes on the streets of Istanbul Date: 1890s

Men asphalting a street. Date: 1930s

Three scruffy boys watch the men digging up the road in Piccadilly

Pedestrians clamber over street roadworks in Piccadilly in a rather dangerous manner by todays standards

Men in white shirts asphalting The Strand, London, outside Boots the Chemists. Date: 1950s

The annual celebration of the Relief of Derry, attracted a large group of nationalist protesters in Londonderry, commemorate the events in 1689 when a 105 day siege of the city by Jacobites was

A man who never stops to attract a crowd in the streets of London, with his little table on which he feasts upon small objects. Swallowing pebbles, nails, broken glass and similar delicacies

Casablanca, Morocco - Street Junctions - roundabout
circa 1910s

View of the East River Bridges, New York, USA
View from the top of the Woolworth Building looking toward the East River Bridges (The Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge), New York, USA. circa 1910s

Maharaja Rides Elephant, India Date: 1950

Peril of streets of London 1912
Photograph taken at Elephant Castle, London, showing the increase of electrical, steam and petrol transport. Date: 1912

Opening Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool with Birkenhead 1934
Date: 18 July 1934

Womens deputation over the rights to vote 1905
Six thousands women procession in London, to the Prime Minster Balfour, over the womens rights to vote. Date: November 1905

Proposed Metropolitan subway under London streets 1853
Proposed Metropolitan subway for sewage, gas and water supply. Date: 1853

Newest Hansom motor-cab 1909
Driving in the streets of Paris the latest motor-cab Hansom, with the driver sitting a aloft at the back. Date: 1909

Inundations in France 1856
The Great Flood of 1856, Sudden and massive rise in the water levels coursed floods in Southern France, engraving showing the city of Lyon under-water

Wellington Street, London 1912
Traffic in Wellington Street, London. Date: 1912

Tottenham Court Road traffic 1912
Busy Tottenham Court Road traffic, in London. Date: 1912

Mother begging in streets of London 1851
Mother selling flowers from a basket for a bit of money in the Strand, London, while her baby sleeps in her arms. Date: 1851

Flower girl in London, 1872
Flower girl selling flowers or buttonholes to two Victorian gentlemen on the streets of London. Date: 1872

High tide of the Thames in Lambeth 1850
Hide tide, overflow of the River Thames, Vine Street, Lambeth. Date: 1850

Horseless carriage 1896
Advertisements on the side of open-top carriage in the streets of London. Date: 1896

Shoe-Black Brigade 1851
The Shoe-Black Brigade were an offshoot of the Ragged School system. Date: 1851

Homeless men sleeping on Southwark Bridge, London 1900
Homeless men sleeping rough in London. Date: 1900

Bill-posters 1900
Two men putting up large bill-posters on the London streets. Date: circa 1900

The Guards Crimean War Memorial - veterans 1899
London crowds outside Waterloo Place, celebrating years later the victory, raised to commemorate the heroism of the Brigade of Guards in the Crimean War

Lowering casks into cellar 1900
Lowering casks into publicans cellar in London. Date: 1900

Solar eclipse of 1851
Men, women and children in the streets of Paris looking through a telescope up at the solar eclipse. Date: 28th July 1851

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